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Call for more support for Long Covid sufferers after disability warning

Friday 20th May 2022
Employment groups have called on employers to work proactively with employees who are suffering from the long-term effects of coronavirus and make reasonable adjustments so individuals can be better supported to stay in or return to work.
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Appeal against ‘unfair’ £1.1m fine in ladder case dismissed

Tuesday 24th May 2022
Modus Workspace claimed in court that loss-making projections should have led to reduced penalties.
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Management failings led to Jewson worker’s life-changing injuries and £400k fine

Tuesday 24th May 2022
Builders’ merchant Jewson has been fined £400,000 by Folkestone Magistrates’ Court following an incident where a tonne of iron mesh sheets fell onto two of its workers, leaving one with life-changing injuries. Matt Lamy spoke to Thanet District Council’s Public Protection Officer Simon Hogben about what happened.
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Restaurant fined £70k after child trapped hand in kitchen mincer

Friday 20th May 2022
The director of a Turkish restaurant in London has been convicted of safety failings after an eight-year-old child sustained life-changing injuries when his hand got trapped in a mincing machine.
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Call for more support for Long Covid sufferers after disability warning

Friday 20th May 2022
Employment groups have called on employers to work proactively with employees who are suffering from the long-term effects of coronavirus and make reasonable adjustments so individuals can be better supported to stay in or return to work.
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Goat farm failed to segregate pedestrians and vehicles

Tuesday 17th May 2022
A goat farm has been ordered to pay £180,000 after a worker stepped out of a corridor into the path of a reversing telehandler and was killed.
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Back to basics: rehab and return to work

Wednesday 4th May 2022
In the latest of our series exploring core OSH topics and your role in ensuring risks are well managed, we focus on rehabilitation and the journey back to work.
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Help is on hand

Wednesday 4th May 2022
The IOSH Helpline and the dedicated IOSH Legal Line are two benefits that could prove invaluable.
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Putting money where it matters

Thursday 28th April 2022
Richard Jones CFIOSH discusses how the EU’s Social Taxonomy will make socially responsible investments to create ‘decent work’ for all.
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A model approach to social sustainability

Wednesday 4th May 2022
A model approach, developed by IOSH, details the journey OSH professionals can take to support their business in social sustainability.
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Show preview: Vision Zero summit

Wednesday 4th May 2022
From 11 to 13 May, the second Vision Zero summit will open its virtual doors for discussions on the greatest challenges in the world of work. Jeremy Waterfield takes a look at what to expect from the programme of events.
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Free CPD webinar on silica exposure

Friday 29th April 2022
Join 3M’s respiratory protection specialist, George Elliott, as he reinforces the deadly risks of respirable crystalline silica before providing guidance on the hierarchy of controls, prevention and how to combat and control workplace exposures.
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Are we ready to go back to in-person meetings?

Friday 8th April 2022
IOSH vice-president Angela Abbs CMIOSH gives an irreverent view of handling face-to-face events. But are we ready to go back to in-person meet-ups?
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Listen: how to find the words for tender conversations

Thursday 21st April 2022
This book by Kathryn Mannix shares her healthcare experience in palliative medicine of how to handle conversations tenderly.
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How liable are employers for homeworker accidents?

Thursday 21st April 2022
After a German man who fell down the stairs on the ‘commute’ to his home office is allowed to claim insurance, Louise Bland, partner in the corporate claims team at Eversheds Sutherland, asks what this means for UK employers’ duty of care to their workforce.
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Interview: globe-trotting James Pretty CMIOSH

Wednesday 4th May 2022
James Pretty CMIOSH explains his journey from equipment operator to health and safety instructor, via the UK, Australia, Oman and Brunei.
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IOSH magazine looks at how health and safety has been transformed since Lord Alfred Robens’ 1972 report, which followed the Aberfan disaster which killed 116 schoolchildren and 28 adults.
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Monday 16th May 2022
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Wednesday 11th May 2022
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Wednesday 11th May 2022
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Road safety: a forgotten challenge in workplace change management?

Thursday 5th May 2022
As part of the Government’s efforts to address the cost-of-living crisis, the suggestion was recently made to extend the MOT testing interval to two years, thereby saving motorists the cost of the test and any associated repairs every other year.
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Take sound to the cloud with Quantum from Cirrus Research

Thursday 5th May 2022
For more than five decades, health and safety practitioners have turned to noise monitoring equipment such as handheld sound level meters and personal noise dosimeters to assess noise levels in the workplace
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Are you still managing the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace?

Thursday 21st April 2022
The last couple of years have undoubtedly been a rollercoaster ride for employers across the globe. However, now that we’re starting to see more normality return to workplaces, employers are doing everything they can to strengthen their business post-pandemic.
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